Would you actually copy and paste it here, please? Some of us are no longer on Twitter/X. I deleted my account in January because the new terms of use were incompatible with my self-respect.

I'm very curious about her opinion on the decline of the online adult industry. Because, to me, it almost seems like I have more people reaching out for more "online" because in-person is feeling too expensive for some, which I presume is an effect of the economy.




People keep thinking they have to accept this ever-tightening noose around their necks. "They tell me I have to jump off this cliff, so I guess I have to jump off the cliff."

If all these people who generate the revenue for these sites collectively said "no, that is ridiculous" and pulled their content down you know what would happen? They would change their policy very fucking fast.

Domina Alexandra Snow https://x.com/DominaSnow/status/2056429020837740593


The online adult industry is in decline, especially compared to 2019-2023 sales volume numbers. Even if you don't want to admit it, you know it's true.

However.. do YOU know where the money is going now? Because it's not totally disappearing but it IS consolidating.


There are several realities behind this outside of the greater global economy:

- age verification is collapsing the mainstream funnel
- payment processors are the shadowy cabal
- tube sites are shrinking rapidly
- social discovery has degraded due to algorithm changes


Although most of us hated tube sites, they did play a large role in the ecosystem of discoverability, especially for clip creators. PH alone is down 15% month after month. ??

Also.. most major clip sites had traffic relationships with tube sites in one form or another.


Then there's the financial side.

Visa's VAMP program (late 2025) set dispute rate limits of 0.5-0.7%.
The result: processors willing to touch adult content at all now charge up to 15% in fees. Standard rate for other industries is 2.9%.

That margin gap = unsurvivable for most



Wait I forgot compliance!

Platforms now require updated ID docs for every performer every time it expires. Content shot 10 years ago, performer retired and unreachable? Gone.

Then the latest restrictions? Pig tails? Emojis? Normal words like drink or sleep? Hypno? Giantess? ????


And then AI hit.

The volume of AI-generated content online right now is staggering.. it's on every platform. How many of the top stores on IWC are AI today?

Sites have been slow to implement bans too, and most only ban new accounts (MV, Fansly). Enforcement is inconsistent too



So where has the money been going?

Direct-to-creator fanclub platforms, custom content, livestreams/cam, off-platform connections, etc. Models where creators monetize *relationships* rather than just content.

Fans can find content anywhere, but they can't find real connection.



We no longer have a content economy, we have a relationship economy. Bc when content becomes infinite: human meaning becomes scarce.

It's creating a premium counter-market for authenticity. Most fans want a real person, a real dynamic, and they are going to pay more as the



AI noise gets louder and 3rd party chatting agencies cannibalize one another.

The content alone won't capture that premium the way bespoke relationships do.

Just ask in-person SxWers, the OG experts on this.


The "easy money" era has been over for a while, so if you need to grieve that, I'm with you.

The "make more content and post everywhere" model of volume is dead. The "just post hot generic pics on socials" tactic is finished.

Enter the era of competitive advantage, babes.


The market is self-selecting for business literacy right now.

Creators running on volume and vibes are exiting. The ones who understand retention, fan psychology, and offer architecture are staying and growing bc the top tier personality brands are still raking it in.

MY TIPS:



Small plug first:

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And more than 60 creators have already been putting the system to work in the last month.
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Tip #1: Stop optimizing for discovery volume. That window is gone and the traffic funnels are collapsing with it.

The leverage is retention and fan value. One fan spending $200/month is worth more than 20 who churn.

Start being part of your fan's daily routine.


Tip #2: Your audience does not need more porn. They need a reason to remember YOU specifically.

There are infinite naked people online now, so you need to capitalize on your personality, emotional tone, consistency, humor, creativity, and more. Content is a more fluid medium now


Tip #4: build for exhausted fans. Seriously, this is huge. Modern audiences are overwhelmed with their feeds.

Creators who provide familiarity, intentionality, curation, and texture often outperform those that scream the loudest even if the algorithm rewards rage and click bait


Tip #5: build for your own nervous system. I see y'all designing your business around scarcity and panic.

A regulated creator with sustainable workflows, repeatable systems, and boundaried consistency will always outperform chaotic hustle and be chill in the face of it all.



Every industry contraction creates a transfer of wealth, and I want you on the other side of that transfer.

The audience doesn't disappear, the money doesn't disappear, it just moves toward whoever is prepared to receive it.

Remember: make????when there's blood in the streets



Every creator that quits is leaving their audience somewhere. Every place where people got free content crumbling now means they have to pay for it. Censorship means creative workarounds.

This is the best market opportunity in years if you know how to harness and utilize it.




If you're exhausted right now, join the club. We've been running businesses through a financial crackdown, political explosions, AI disruptions, and an economic squeeze simultaneously.

But you don't need the industry to stabilize, you just need to understand it enough to adjust



and adapt while everyone else stays frozen (and likely still bitching about it on main).

That understanding exists, it's learnable, you just need to adjust your business model and mindset. Let me know if you want to dig in deeper, I got you.



Apparently missed tip #3 ????

Stop trying to make infinite content, you will lose against AI, algo churn, repost farms, etc

Instead, tailor your content to your fans with specificity, perspective, emotional resonance, and taste. Bc in the world of AI, taste is a luxury product.

Make more intentional content. It doesn't need to be perfect but it does need to land with your ideal fans.

Thank you for posting this!



I think I have a different relationship to these things that most of my colleagues and so I'm already on the road less traveled.

I have rejected requests for IDs and prefer to leave a platform.

I never sold clips, preferring to manage that myself because I know that they like to get you dependent on them and then change the rules.

Tube sites are a non-issue for me.

I have major social media fatigue and really would be fine doing away with it entirely. I see so many people talking about the tap dances they do to exist in a place which is hostile to them. I'm tired of it all. I prefer FetLife over any social media, anyway. I mean, flaws aside, it's *for us*.

All the choices I've made over my career have meant I have less exposure and less income potential. But I do have more control and privacy and my self-respect intact, which is worth more to me than money.




AI is a serious problem, for a lot of reasons. I do hope that Dommes using it will reconsider. It's only making the problem worse.



This is precisely why I prefer to focus on my own membership site and my little community there. I'd much rather share and talk with people I know, have played with, than do that dance for the 10,000 followers I had on Twitter, maybe 0.01% of whom might ever book a session. Attention is fun but it doesn't pay my mortgage.



This is one of the points I've been using when I do my anti-AI speeches. lol In a sea of fakeness, be real.



In-person experiences will never die. There is nothing like being in another person's energy field, locking eyes, breathing the same air, and actually doing/having something done to you.




All her points are logical and I agree with her.

For the type of Domme I am and the type of clients I tend to attract, "discovery" was not through the same channels as Tik Tok Dommes or whatever. Most of my clients barely know what Tik Tok is.

As a side note, this is part of my concern with the ways in which things like social media and it's number of "insta-Dommes" and "influences" are having an effect on younger generations' understanding of BDSM culture and how that affects us as professionals, something which has changed how I discuss things with younger people who approach me and which I've made part of the mission of BDSMPros.

I have always preferred to focus on quality over quantity and an authentic, personal connection so maybe I'll finally move out of my niche!

Yes, YEs, YES!!!

I am 100% with you on your points, Mistress Tissa. It is amazing that you write exactly what I think.

I am old school, and value that in-person and being present experience.

And finally - what the hell is Tik-tok? LOL

Celeste

Thank you, Celeste

I know that not everyone can do in-person but for me it's imperative.



Social media. Now owned by the fascist cult. Best to avoid entirely.

Such an interesting thread. I wonder if real lane has gone away and thet is r/t sessions. During covid I am sure clips stores made people a lot of money and it was kind of the wild west. Banks and other processing companies have really screwed the sex industry. Real time sessions use to be the main stream of income and clips and other things added to that. I like to think guys like me helped built the industry from 2005 to 2018. We would session 6-8 times a year maybe more because it within reach and back then Mistresses were more generous with theie time and I can't speak for everyone but I appreciated and would show.

It looks to me guys me have been priced and shows as it seems so many Dommes needs to tour other states and countries more than ever before and I think it harder to find the repeat clinet that do sessions 4-5 times year. Just my two cents.

Thank you for sharing. So true on all points. I am a OG. When I get the itch I am ready to play that day or 1 or 2 days later. Maybe a week but then the feeling goes away. Very hard for me to plan two weeks or month out. However that is doable if I played with the lady before. I play both professional and lifestyle. Both very differnt and fullfilling. In my professional scenes I do want to explore what I want to explore and a service Top/sadist is right for me. I don't session nearly as I use to. I don't seem to connect well with the new professionals of today.

I can only assume it's good because ever since covid Dommes are extremely hard to book a session with and many don't even respond.

I think this is typical of fetishists rather than lifestylers. Those of us who are lifestyle tend to have a more constant kinky hum. Fetishists are more the "can I come in 2 hours?" types.



Wanting to explore what you want to explore doesn't necessary mean you want a service top. Unless you want to hand someone a script and be in control of the session. Then, yes, you want a service top. Having input into the activities that occur in your session does not mean "service" in the way we use it in BDSM. I just want to clarify this because "service top" is an often misunderstood concept and not using it correctly can lead to missed connections.



Why is that?

I would invite you to play with me...unless you already have.

You were definitely worth the drives!